What Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's Victory Means

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Democratic voters in New York’s 14th Congressional District delivered a shock to the political system Tuesday night, rejecting the fourth-ranking member of the party’s House leadership, Representative Joseph Crowley, in favor of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a 28-year-old former Bernie Sanders campaign organizer who has called for abolishing the nation’s immigration and customs enforcement agency.

In doing so, voters delivered a message to Democrats and Republicans across the country, and perhaps in Albany: The liberal base is fired up, showing up at the polls, and may be ignored only at great political risk.

Ms. Ocasio-Cortez’s victory is a vivid sign of the changing of the guard. In addition to more liberal immigration laws, she ran on a platform calling for Medicare for all and a federal jobs guarantee. She also talked about the housing crisis in New York City, an issue that resonates deeply with many voters here. Her district, which runs through Queens and the Bronx, is majority-minority, but its leadership has yet to reflect those changes. That’s something Ms. Ocasio-Cortez was able to capitalize on fluently, casting herself as part of a new generation of young, unabashedly liberal Democrats unwilling to wait their turn any longer.

Many told Ms. Ocasio-Cortez she was crazy for challenging Mr. Crowley, a 10-term incumbent who had ambitions to succeed the House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi of California. As chairman of the Queens County Democratic Party, Mr. Crowley, 56, was a kingmaker in New York City politics. At his annual holiday party, city officials were expected to perform karaoke, singing and dancing on the stage to a song of Mr. Crowley’s choosing.



https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/27/o...t-crowley.html

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A 28-year-old Democratic Socialist just ousted a powerful, 10-term congressman in New York





(CNN)Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a 28-year-old Latina running her first campaign, ousted 10-term incumbent Rep. Joe Crowley in New York's 14th congressional district on Tuesday, CNN projects, in the most shocking upset of a rollicking political season.

An activist and member of the Democratic Socialists of America, Ocasio-Cortez won over voters in the minority-majority district with a ruthlessly efficient grassroots bid, even as Crowley -- the fourth-ranking Democrat in the House -- outraised her by a 10-to-1 margin.

This was the first time in 14 years a member of his own party has attempted to unseat Crowley, who chairs the Queens County Democrats. His defeat marks a potential sea change in the broader sphere of liberal politics -- a result with implications for Democrats nationwide that would recall, as optimistic progressives routinely noted during the campaign, former GOP Majority Leader Eric Cantor's loss to the insurgent, tea party-backed Dave Brat in June 2014.

"This is not an end, this is the beginning. This is the beginning because the message that we sent the world tonight is that it's not OK to put donors before your community," Ocasio-Cortez told roaring supporters on Tuesday night.


https://www.cnn.com/2018/06/26/polit...ary/index.html


... and so it begins.

[Jack]

Probably a fluke.

[Bourbon]

Probably a fluke.

Undeniably a WIN

[Darth Omar]

How far’s it going to go lefties lol?

Is she far enough to the left for you?

[Jack]

That's one, only 534 more to go.

[Bourbon]

How far’s it going to go lefties lol?

Is she far enough to the left for you?

Nope...

[Bourbon]

Joe Crowley concedes and immediately endorses Ocasio-Cortez...



Ezra �� Levin @ezralevin

Quick, classy, and smart move. This is how to do it folks: fight it out in the primary, and then regroup immediately to retake power.

[Cancel 2020.1]

There isn't much to read into this. It's more about the district than national trends.

[Bourbon]

There isn't much to read into this. It's more about the district than national trends.

If you say so ...

[Darth Omar]

Nope...

Good lol.

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Democratic voters in New York’s 14th Congressional District delivered a shock to the political system Tuesday night, rejecting the fourth-ranking member of the party’s House leadership, Representative Joseph Crowley, in favor of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a 28-year-old former Bernie Sanders campaign organizer who has called for abolishing the nation’s immigration and customs enforcement agency.

What this means is that there is a war going on within the Democratic Party of the Jackass between the extremist Marxist side of the party and the more moderate side. The moderate side is LOSING.

The end result will mean more Democratic losses in the future as the party becomes even more disjointed, Marxist and angry lacking a coherent message the American people can agree with.

[Truth Detector]

A 28-year-old Democratic Socialist just ousted a powerful, 10-term congressman in New York

This is GREAT news for the Republicans.

[Truth Detector]

There isn't much to read into this. It's more about the district than national trends.

[Callinectes]

I hate beautiful communists, they almost make me want to listen to what they have to say